Peter Young

While working for Morgan Grenfell, Young used money from small investors in a series of banned, high-risk investments. Shell companies in Luxembourg were reportedly used to hide the fraud. The prosecution said he could not be convicted because he had been diagnosed schizophrenic.

Facts from the Community

From the Financial Meltdown base

loss:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 600,000,000
  • 1996
top ↑

Similar topics in Freebase

  • Nick Leeson

    Nick Leeson

    Nicholas "Nick" Leeson (born 25 February 1967) is a former derivatives broker with no formal training as a dealer whose unsupervised and unauthorized speculative trading on Singapore's Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX) caused the spectacular collapse of Barings Bank, the United...
  • Jérôme Kerviel

    Jérôme Kerviel

    Jérôme Kerviel (born January 11, 1977) is a French trader who has been charged in the January 2008 Société Générale trading loss incident, resulting in losses valued at approximately €4.9 billion. Société Générale characterises Kerviel as a rogue trader and claims Kerviel worked these trades alone,...

These people have edited this topic:

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution